Dick Butkus had the most fumble recoveries by a linebacker in his first 7 seasons, with 22 recoveries.
| NAME | FR | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCK | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Butkus | 22 | 96 | 19 | 147 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | | G. Fiss | 17 | 87 | 9 | 141 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | | T. Spikes | 15 | 111 | 294 | 152 | 446 | 19.5 | 12 | 208 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| 4 |  | D. Thomas | 15 | 110 | 85.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | | J. Holland | 15 | 103 | 3.5 | 9 | 130 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | | S. Mills | 15 | 108 | 7.5 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | | B. Dusek | 15 | 104 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 8 | | M. Arneson | 15 | 100 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | | C. Spielman | 14 | 108 | 9.5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | | C. Bennett | 14 | 99 | 45.5 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | | D. Bunz | 14 | 86 | 1.0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | | M. Douglass | 14 | 104 | 17.5 | 8 | 148 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | | M. Blair | 14 | 102 | 14 | 118 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 14 | | D. Washington | 14 | 90 | 4 | 84 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | | J. Reger | 14 | 86 | 7 | 82 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | | C. Bednarik | 14 | 84 | 13 | 184 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | | L. David | 13 | 105 | 642 | 243 | 885 | 21.5 | 141 | 10 | 148 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| 18 | | B. Ray Smith Jr. | 13 | 100 | 25.5 | 11 | 87 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | | F. McNeill | 13 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | B. Bergey | 13 | 96 | 17 | 268 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | R. Nitschke | 13 | 88 | 14 | 233 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | | B. Koman | 13 | 88 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | | C. Livingston | 13 | 88 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 24 | | J. Schmidt | 13 | 84 | 13 | 165 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 25 | | G. Lloyd | 12 | 102 | 42.5 | 7 | 101 | 0 | 0 | |||||
StatMuse has season-level data for fumble recoveries going back to the 1945 season.
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